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Historian Kellie Carter Jackson says Juneteenth's federal holiday status "feels very symbolic, but it doesn't feel very substantive."

Cabral said the decision has everything to do with setting precedent around jury bias for cases moving forward.

A culture war inside the Southern Baptist Church may reach its tipping point at the annual meeting this week.

Amid scandals concerning overtime fraud and domestic abuse allegations against the city's now-former police commissioner, Andrea Cabral called any hopes of quick-fix reform to Boston's police department "a pipe dream."

Brian Moskwetah Weeden is the youngest person to hold the position of tribal council chair.

Douglass Williams speaks about his restaurant, MIDA, coming out of the pandemic.

The full edition of Boston Public Radio from Thursday, November 17, 2017. Featuring: Rep. Michael Capuano, state secretary of public safety Andrea Cabral, Da Vinci biographer Walter Isaacson, medical ethicist Arthur Caplan.

John Gates and Jeff Wood from the Nashoba Brook Bakery joined us for the news quiz. Plus, Emily Rooney, Andris Nelsons, Callie Crossley, and Shirley Leung. (Full Show 11/17/17)

Anthony Bourdain joined us to talk about the new season of his show Raw Crafts. Plus, Senator Ed Markey, Boston Globe's Brian McGrory, Juliette Kayyem, journalist EJ Dionne, and Alex Beam. (Full Show 11/15/17)

We opened the lines to hear your thoughts on the latest revelation that Wikileaks was in touch with Donald Trump Jr. Plus, Nancy Koehn, Sue O'Connell, Johnathon Gruber, and Corby Kummer. (Full Show 11/14/17)

We talked about the sexual abuse allegations of Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore with Lauren Dezenski and Adam Reilly and Irene Monroe and Emmet Price. Plus, Charlie Sennott, and TV expert Bob Thompsons. (11/13/17)